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I HAVE WANDERED MUCH.
I.
I have wander'd much, and wander'd far,But ever I had a particular star,
That carried me back with an eager bound;
The syrens, they wooed me to stay with a boon,
But, lipping them swift, I fled them soon,
And followed my star, till my home I found;
Where the pleasures lived on through the fleeting years,
Bringing me sunshine and bringing me tears,
But leaving me stronger with every wound:
While my star still brighten'd as time flew by,
Till at last it lightened the whole of my sky.
II.
Yet still do I wander, day by day,And the syrens woo, and awhile they stay,
For I cherish a feeling for every bliss;
And my heart grows glad with a fond embrace,
And my fancies pursue each winning grace,
And my lips yet burn with a beauty's kiss!
Oh! never, I wot, do I aught deny,
Of the charms that hallow the earth and sky,
And to love them deem never a thing amiss;
But they keep me not long from my proper star,
And I hurry me home where my treasures are!
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